Practitioners

Practice, research and education directs CPA’s mandate. CPA focuses on such issues as access to service, health human resources, surveillance and collaborative practice, and engaging in various advocacy activities and partnerships.

CPA keeps itself apprised of issues affecting the discipline and the membership, and regularly represents the membership at various conferences and events. See what issues are currently affecting the practice of psychology and find out about recent and upcoming conferences.

CPA position paper entitled Psychologists Practicing to Scope: The Role of Psychologists in Canada’s Public Institutions. Click here to access the paper.

Attend a Leadership Conference Hosted by the CPA’s Practice Directorate, January 15-16, 2016 in Ottawa, ON. Click Here for more information.

Few studies have focused on the workplace health and well-being of health professionals who provide mental health services. Further, there is little data on the number of psychologists. CPA is involved in various activities to bring attention to the health human resources needs specific to psychologists and mental health services.
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Surveillance and surveys are key methods of data collection in psychology. CPA has administered many surveys in the past, including one on the geographical locations of clinical psychologists in Canada. Currently, CPA is carrying out a funded quality assurance program to collect information about psychology practitioners and the clients they see.
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The Practice Directorate is made up of a Council of representatives from the provincial and territorial associations of psychology across Canada with a primary mandate of supporting and facilitating advocacy projects at the provincial and territorial levels including coordinating common advocacy initiatives and strategies.
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In 2015, the CPA launched the first ever discipline-led, nation-wide survey of all Canadians holding a terminal master’s or doctoral degree in psychology. Click here to read the final report summarizing the results obtained from 4,441 respondents. More…

CPA works with many partners at the provincial and federal levels to support the practice of psychology, and has a number of partnerships with associations interested in promoting science and
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